Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-10-07

Now shoot straw hats.

IOtatOeS are pleuty anu cheap.
Dick Roberts went below yesterday.
Additional county news on 4th page.
DIR. Wade is in southern Idaho on
business trip.
Rev. l.. 4. Weeks returned from con.
ference last Friday.
The roundup in No. 5, Eckert's dist
rict, commenced Tuesday.
Go to ]. H. Robinson's and get your
cider to make your apple butter.
Mr.. Forney and family will arrive
home on or about the 18th. inst.
The flour mill received seventy-two
ON Monday.
! There is no better time to pay your
debts than when you have the money
in your pocket
Lewiston is excited over the mar
riage of young Alley Vincent and Miss
Emma Curtis, better known for the last
five years as Mrs. Frank Scott, of
this county.
Alexander & Freidenrich have just
received fine line of novelties for win
ter wear, such as Toboggan Caps. Wool
Hoods, Worsted Jackets, Boas, Jerseys,
ETC., etc., at all prices.
Mr.. j. N. Julian, assessor of Garfield
county, w. T., is in town looking about
our country with view to carry back
good report of us and ours to several
families who are looking this way for
homes. Come on, come one, come all.
The commissioners at their coming
session have to appoint county school
superintendent, and applications for
the Office have been filed by
Hiram Robbins, of Cottonwood, and
L. It. Weeks and NJ. L. Butler, of
this precinct.
Duff Greene received dispatch last
Friday, announcing the serious illness
of his wife, at Grass valley, Cal. and he
started down next morning. Mrs.
Greene has many friends here who
earnestly pray for her speedy restora-
ton to complete health.
If the Northern Pacific and Union
Pacific railroad people don't enter into
we want to bet dollars to dimes that
the Northern will have narrow guage
railroad running from Camas prairie to
Lewiston in twenty months, and a line
of steamers from Lewiston to Ainsworth
next summer. Speed the day.
Business is very good this fall-much
better than at this time last year. Some
thought it was only squirt caused by
the large attendance at the races, but
now that the sports have gone home
We suspect it is caused by the fact that
wheat is always good collateral and
that the farmers have plenty of it.
J. H. Wan and J. w. Rauch returned
to Pomeroy last Friday, taking with
them some mammoth beets and other
truck raised on Mark Jarrett's place.
with which to astonish the natives.
They thought Pomeroy was the boss
farming country until they visited our
Camas prairie.
The late rains have started the fall
grass to growing nicely and the prairie
is green again with the growing vegeta-
ton. If the fine weather keeps up
this way stock will enter upon the win
green pasturage to carry them through
till spring without feeding.
Jimmy Holt, aged eleven years, is
the champion jockey of Idaho county,
he having won every race in which he
rode at our late races. He is now in
mount Red Box, who is entered for the
Fair races at that place. Red Box will
be remembered as the three-year-old
who beat the record three seconds at
our last July meeting, having made
the circuit in 0.513, against Trump,
Diamond and Mack.
Mr. Geo. Schmadeka, near town, is
digging his choice potatoes, THE Beauty
of Hebron and they are beauties, sure
enough, and he is going to save them
for planting purposes. He also has in
the potato line 'Vick's Extra Early,
and the Chicago Market These are
the finest potatoes in the country. The
timber growth in his orchard is remark
| able the yellow cottonwood, balm of
Gilead, big willow and wild cherry,
have nearly all grown from cuttings to
hight of ten feet. Cuttings cheap; 60
and see them.
The changes demanded by the revised
code of Idaho are costing the several
counties quite little sum in providing